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Rectify: The Power of Restorative JusticeAfter Wrongful Conviction.

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In the courtroom, there are always—and only— two irreconcilable sides of the same story. Black/white. Right/wrong. Feller/fallen. When the wrong story prevails, justice is perverted and an innocent person is condemned. When there is an exoneration, we expect a happy ending. But an exoneration is an earthquake that leaves behind upheaval and ruin. Is there a way forward?

Restorative justice, a centuries-old practice of bringing together victims, offenders, and their families to address the harm inflicted by a crime, offers hope by focusing on healing and redemption. The suffering experienced by the people involved in a wrongful conviction case varies, but arises from a shared traumatic experience. It means that men and women who once faced each other down from opposite sides of the courtroom can unite in a common cause.

They are uniting: restoring their lives and making their own justice. In voices too raw and powerful to ignore, they are joining together to advocate for reform. My book, Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction, tells their stories.

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Lara Bazelon is a law professor, author, and contributing writer for Slate. Her op-eds and essays have also been published in the New York Times,Washington Post, and Politico, among other media outlets. Her book, Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction, will be published in the fall of 2018.